For the first time, the U.S. federal government has calculated risk transfers among insurers participating in the state individual and small-group health insurance markets established under the Affordable Care Act.

Less than half of adults, 48 percent, wash their hands with soap and water after cracking eggs, which could cause food poisoning due to the possibility of cross-contamination, according to a study conducted by RTI International, Tennessee State University and Kansas State University.

RTI International - a leading nonprofit research institute - and IBM’s Africa research lab have announced a partnership to deploy big data analytics and cognitive technologies to help transform development approaches in Africa and around the world.